Queensland Day 5
Thursday, 26 April 2018
This morning Jon and I ran the 10k loop around Noosa National Park that I ran yesterday. Once again it was lovely - although my legs were getting a bit weary by the end of the run. Back at home we had breakfast then waited and waited until the kids were ready to leave - I’m sure they’d spend the entire holiday inside the apartment if we let them. A consequence of leaving the house so late each day has been having to battle with thousands of others to find a car park near Noosa Main Beach - you don’t have to pay for parking but it can be pretty tricky to actually get a spot! Anyway- with the kids finally loaded into the car we drove around to the National Park main entrance and took the kids for a hike on essentially the same loop we had just run - just a slightly shorter version. It was pretty hot and my legs were really tired by this stage, but it was nice to walk at a leisurely pace and really take in all the views. Afterwards we hit the beach for an hour to cool off which was great, then headed home for a very late lunch. 
After a bit of a rest, Zali and I drove down to Maroochydore to go to the large shopping centre with aim of buying some things to replace some of the more weathered and outdated nick-necks at Paul’s apartment. We had good success at the shops (more on this later) but the real excitement was on the way home, when we got a flat tyre. I was able to find a side street so we could change it safely - and I was also able to teach Zali how to do it which was actually really cool - whilst a flat tyre is never convenient I’m really glad I got this opportunity to show Zali how to deal with it. .jpg) .jpg)
The funny thing was that just 20 minutes earlier I had impulse bought some wet-wipes from Target, so not only were we able to change the tyres like pros (ok, more like competent amateurs), but we were able to get our hands nice and clean afterwards! |